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Biometrics of the Dunlin (Calidris alpina) Migrating in Autumn Along the Polish Baltic Coast Cover

Biometrics of the Dunlin (Calidris alpina) Migrating in Autumn Along the Polish Baltic Coast

The Ring
Volume 31 (2009): Issue 1 (June 2009)
By: Włodzimierz Meissner and  Robert Krupa  
Open Access
|Oct 2009

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/v10050-008-0044-8 | Journal eISSN: 2083-3520
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Language: English
Page range: 3 - 13
Published on: Oct 26, 2009
Published by: University of Gdańsk
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Publication frequency: 1 issue per year
Keywords:
Dunlin,
autumn migration,
biometrical analysis,
Puck Bay
Related subjects:
Life sciences,
Zoology,
Ecology,
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© 2009 Włodzimierz Meissner, Robert Krupa, published by University of Gdańsk
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Volume 31 (2009): Issue 1 (June 2009)